Delight In The Lord

"Delight yourself in The LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart.  Commit your way to The LORD; trust in Him and He will do this"  Psalms 37:4-5 (NIV)

This psalm of King David was written to the people of God.  He told them that if they joyfully sought and followed The Lord God, then He would grant them their hearts' desires.  He made it clear, however, that they must first commit to following The Lord, and they must trust in The Lord before He would give them the desires of their heart.

We often pray for things that we want, but we do not always obey The Word of God.  We say that we love The Lord, but our actions do not always support our claim.  He said that if you love Me, then you will keep My commandments. (John 14:15 and 14:23)  He will give us what we want if we truly delight in Him, commit to His way, and trust in Him.  We must delight in The Lord, in His way, and in His Word.  We must love and delight in The Lord God Himself. (Deuteronomy 6:5, 10:12, 11:1, and 30:6; Joshua 23:11, Psalms 31:23, and Isaiah 58:14)  Jesus said that we must love The Lord God. (Matthew 22:37, Mark 30:12, and Luke 10:27)  We must find joy in, and delight in, doing the will of God. (Psalms 40:8 and Proverbs 11:20)  We must also delight in The Word of God.  Blessed in the man who delights in the law of The Lord. (Psalms 1:2 and Psalms 119:16, 35 and 47)  If we want The Lord God to grant us the desires of our heart, we must first delight in Him, and commit to following His way, and we must trust in Him.